Indians Prospect Insider

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Paolo EspinoAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.
Dominican...

Bud Selig and Michael Weiner
(Photo: AP)Major League Baseball and the Player’s Union unveiled a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) yesterday which will maintain labor peace for at least another five years. When this new agreement expires in 2016 there will have been 21 consecutive years of labor peace in the sport, which is something to be proud of when you consider some of the labor...

Grady SizemoreToday the Indians announced that they have re-signed free agent outfielder Grady Sizemore to a one year contract. The deal will pay him a $5 million base salary which includes an additional $4 million in incentives which will not begin to kick in until he reaches 450 at bats.
Sizemore, 29, is a three-time American League All-Star (2006-08) and is the only player in the 111-year...

Luis ValbuenaAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.
Puerto...

Chris Perez (Photo: AP)The Cleveland Indians have already made one trade at the outset of the offseason when they traded for right-handed starting pitcher Derrek Lowe last month. It was the opening salvo to what is expected to be a very busy offseason for the Indians.
No one really knows what the Indians are up to this offseason and how things will look when the dust settles. They have some...

Bryce StowellThere was no winter ball action last night as all the teams were scheduled off, so this is a good time to post the updated 2011 Cleveland Indians eligibles for the Rule 5 Draft on December 8, 2011. After the Indians made their final decisions on who to protect in advance of the November 18th roster deadline date, here are the players they are in danger of losing.
For future reference,...

Carlos Pena (Photo: AP)There are plenty of parallels between the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays.
They are both small-market teams who have generally been able to handle the obstacles of their financial situations better than most in recent years, whether it be creatively locking up a young superstar, maintaining talented minor league systems, or having postseason success. Conversely,...

Ezequiel CarreraAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.
Australian...

Sizemore and the Indians are re-united for
at least one more season (Photo: AP).
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook...
The return of Grady
Wow, how quickly things can change.
Just less than three weeks ago on October 31st the Indians chose to decline outfielder Grady Sizemore’s $9 million club option and the chances of him returning were...

Jerad HeadAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.
Dominican...

Scott Barnes (Photo: IPI)The Indians made 40-man roster decisions yesterday to add left-handed pitcher Scott Barnes, shortstop Juan Diaz, and right-handed pitcher Danny Salazar. To create some extra roster space to add the third player they designated infielder Luis Valbuena for assignment.
Yesterday was the 40-man roster deadline for teams to add players from their minor league system that...

Joseph ColonAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.
Australian...

Scott BarnesThe Indians officially announced today that left-handed pitcher Scott Barnes, infielder Juan Diaz, and right-handed pitcher Danny Salazar have been added to the 40-man roster. They also designated infielder Luis Valbuena for assignment.
Barnes, 24, spent most of 2011 at Triple-A Columbus after two starts in Double-A Akron to begin the season, going a combined 8-4 with a 3.45 ERA...

Chad HuffmanHere are the up-to-date winter ball statistics for all Cleveland Indians players participating in fall/winter ball out in the Arizona Fall League, Dominican Winter League, Venezuelan Winter League, Puerto Rico Winter League, and Australian Baseball League.
Stats for the Panama Winter League and Columbia Winter League where a handful of Indians' players are playing are not available.

Carlos MoncriefAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special fall and winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) and the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players...

Steven WrightToday we continue along with the third batch of Cleveland Indians 2012 scouting videos. Here are the the previously posted volumes:
Volume 1
Volume 2
At the end of each week I from now until the end of December or the beginning of January I will be posting a volume of ten videos on Indians' prospects. I shot tons of video of over a 100 players this past season, and...

Cory BurnsAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special fall and winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) and the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players...

Tyler Sturdevant (Photo: IPI)The “AFL Spotlight” is a weekly feature piece on a player from the Cleveland Indians farm system that is participating in the Arizona Fall League. League play wraps up this weekend. Next week one final spotlight piece will post as well as a final wrap up piece of how Indians players did in the AFL.
The completion of another season in the Arizona Fall League...

Preston GuilmetAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special fall and winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) and the Caribbean Leagues. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the rundown of what Indians players...

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